Mark Gomes
Bareback Riding
Born: Dec. 16, 1969 (Globe, Ariz.) Residence:
Nickerson, Kan. Joined PRCA: 1994 World Titles: 1 (1998) Wrangler NFR Qualifications: 8 (1994-95,
1997-99, 2001-03) Pace Picante Series qualifications: 5 Pace Finale: 2000-01, 2003 Pace Challenge: 2002 Pace
Classic: 2003 Education: Central Arizona College (Coolidge), Southwestern Oklahoma State University (Weatherford) 2003
World Standings Place: 5th 2003 Wrangler NFR Place: 4th 2003 Wrangler NFR Earnings: $51,330 2003
Earnings: $118,857 Career Earnings: $792,680
Professional 2003 Highlights * Won Laughlin (Nev.) River
Stampede. * Co-champion at Cody (Wyo.) Stampede. * Won Dodge City (Kan.) Days Round-Up Rodeo.
Career Highlights 2002 — Finished ninth in the world; won
Beef Empire Days Rodeo (Garden City, Kan.) and Dodge City (Kansas) Days Round-Up Rodeo. 2001 — Won Sikeston (Mo.)
Jaycees Bootheel, Central Wyoming Fair & Rodeo (Casper), Guymon (Okla.) Pioneer Days Rodeo and Dixie National Rodeo (Jackson,
Miss.). 2000 — Bareback riding points leader for winter Wrangler ProRodeo Tour; won San Antonio Stock Show &
Rodeo, Black Hills Stock Show and Rodeo (Rapid City, S.D.); won Turquoise Circuit Finals Rodeo. 1999 — Won Clovis
(Calif.) Rodeo. 1998 — NFR average champion; won Turquoise Circuit Finals Rodeo. 1997 — Won Turquoise Circuit
Finals Rodeo; won American Royal Rodeo (Kansas City, Mo.).
Awards PRCA Resistol Bareback Riding Rookie of the Year (1994).
Personal 5-7, 155 Wife, Debbie; sons, Conor, Colton.
Hobbies include riding colts and raising cattle. Broke pelvis when Harry Vold's bareback horse Sheep Tick smashed him
against chutes at Cheyenne (Wyo.) Frontier Days in 2000. He gained revenge in 2001, when he rode Sheep Tick at Guymon (Okla.)
Pioneer Days Rodeo to win Wrangler ProRodeo Tour round.
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